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Man wounded by gunfire on Uptown parade route, police say
This was the same area of town where a young mother watching the parade with her young son (maybe 4 or 5) and her infant in a stroller left both of them alone for about 20 minutes while she went to go buy cigarettes. Crap like this will continune as long as these kids are pouring back into the city without their parents. Here is an easy fix: Pass a law that prohibits kids under 18 from being at a parade without adult supervision. Then round them all up, impound their skittles cars and fine their parents. .
Man Pleads Not Guilty In Tagger-Related Slaying
WEST COVINA, Calif. -- A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge stemming from the March 2006 shooting death of a Valinda man who was trying to stop taggers in his neighborhood, according to City News Service. Anthony Alex Castillo of Valinda is charged in the March 9, 2006, slaying of 44-year-old Robert Whitehead, who was shot when he confronted taggers in his Moccasin Street neighborhood. In addition to a murder charge, Castillo is charged with carrying a concealed and loaded firearm and transportation of marijuana. .
New Delhi, January 16
This age-old buffalo fight is organised on the occasion of the harvest festival "Bhogali Bihu" in Assam. AFP photo
Ulemas target Godrejs for hosting Rushdie
Mumbai, January 16
The All India Ulema Council, an organisation which claims to represent India's Muslims, said the Godrej family of industrialists should apologise to the community for association with writer Salman Rushdie. No proposal for religion-based reservation: Arjun Singh
New Delhi, January 16
The Centre today said there was no proposal before it to provide reservation on the basis of religion. English, Hindi words to simplify Urdu
New Delhi, January 16
Urdu learners can now heave a sigh of relief as the Union government has decided to replace difficult words in the language with simplified terms.
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